专辑简介

John William Deacon was born on August 2nd, 1958 in Market Harborough, Lecestershire in England to parents Audrey and Roy. At an early age his family moved to new Zealand where he attended schooling in Tauranga. His first instrument was the cornet where -following his father - he joined the local brass band. Guitar lessons were to follow where he learned on an old acoustic guitar, soon progressing to an electric guitar with a home made amplifier made by his father. After learning the basics of the guitar he joined a band called "Good Company" with a drummer called Joe Lee, who had worked with "Cliff Richard and the Shadows". During his early teens he formed a band called "Orpheus", while at the same time being involved in various theater works, such as the Mercury theaters version of caberet, in which he was cast as the leader of the German youth, and also being cast in Benjamin Brittens "Childrens crusade" under director Dobbs Franks.

After completing schooling in music and physics at Otumoetai college he moved to London where he took on various jobs. After a short time with a band called "Black Gorilla", known for the minor 80's hit 'gimme that banana' he ended up touring with a band called "Delegation", another of the bands overseen by the 80's songwriting team of Ken Gold and Mickey Deene. Resting from music for a while he got back into electronics which caused a move to the USA, and after a short time in Maryland moved to Austin Texas. He got back into the music scene after doing short amounts of fill in work with various country bands, with a band called "Back In Stride" which featured Ex "Temptations" Singer Curtis Clay. Then after a short time with the "Bruce Demarest Band", he started writing and producing an album featuring his own songs. His first album to be released is "Another Time Another Place"

He currently lives in Austin texas with his dog, "Rags" and cat "Sissy".